Our guest will discuss the Quakers’ long-standing commitment to pacifism and conflict resolution. Quakers think there is goodness and violence in everyone. That is one reason why this dedicated group can be found in Uganda, Bosnia, Lebanon, South Africa and other countries delivering aid long after other aid agencies have moved on. 
 

Tue. July 30 
Topic:  US/Iraq Relations 
Guests: Tim Trevan, former weapons inspector in Iraq 
               Dr. John Duke Anthony, founding President & Chief  Executive 
               Officer  of the National Council on US-Arab Relations 

Our guests will discuss President Bush's plans for deposing Saddam Hussein and how these plans are viewed by other nations. 
 

Wed. July 30
Topic: Teaching Int’l Peace, Security and Conflict Management
Guests: Nancy Erickson, Hamtramck High  School, Hamtramck, MI
               Patricia Hixson, Hellgate High School,Missoula, MT
            Tony Crawford, Ackerman Middle School,Canby, OR
              Julie Hansen, The Stevens School of Peacham,Peacham, VT
              Jeff Helsing, Program Officer, United States Institute of  Peace

Secondary school teachers will be gathering in Washington, DC to study how to best to present issues that are constantly changing and confronting our world and their students.

Thr. Aug. 1 
Topic:  The International Spy Museum
Guest:  Peter Earnest, Executive Director

The newest museum in Washington is the Spy Museum which opened less than
two weeks ago.  It is the first public institution in the world dedicated to presenting the international history of espionage. The guest will talk about the museum's programs and what visitors can expect to see at the International Spy Museum.

Fri. Aug. 2
Topic: Is Democracy Losing Ground?
Guests:   TBA

According to a recent U.N. report, the wave of democracy-building that swept the world in the previous two decades has stalled, with some countries slipping into authoritarian rule and political conflict. Although the world is more democratic -in terms of the 140 countries that hold multiparty elections - than any time in history. Only 82 of out of a total of nearly 200 countries examined are considered full democracies.